{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2006/article-121",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/94",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/121",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "121",
  "heading": "Requests to speak to an officer of the Scottish Ministers, a member of the visiting committee, a sheriff or a justice of the peace",
  "text": "Where a prisoner makes a request to speak to–\n(a) an officer of the Scottish Ministers;\n(b) a member of the visiting committee; or\n(c) a sheriff or a justice of the peace visiting the prison in terms of section 15 of the Act,\nthe officer to whom the request is made shall, without delay, record the request in writing and shall arrange for the request to be brought to the attention of the person with whom the prisoner wishes to speak.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "ssi/2011/331",
      "affecting_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/94/article/121",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:21:12.909031+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}